“Yes, they (American miner divers. -
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) did it towards the end of the exercises,” he answered the question of whether bombs were planted in the Baltic in June 2022.
According to Hersh, at the last moment the White House became nervous and Biden said that he was "afraid to do it."
The American leader changed his mind and issued new orders, giving the ability to remotely detonate bombs at any time, the journalist added.
Earlier, the deputies submitted to the State Duma a draft appeal to the UN with a proposal to conduct an international investigation into the undermining of the Nord Streams.
The office of the UN Secretary General António Guterres said that the organization does not have a mandate to investigate the undermining of the Nord Stream.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that US officials admitted their involvement in the Nord Stream explosions.